 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a...  Cobbett's Weekly Register - Page 773edited by - 1826Full view - About this book
 | James D. G. Dunn - Religion - 1992 - 156 pages
...sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great, and deal deceitfully with false balances, that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the refuse of the wheat?" (Amos 8:4-6) The prophets recognized well that desire for... | |
 | Rosemary R. Ruether - Social Science - 1993 - 316 pages
...sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances, that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the refuse of the wheat?" (Amos 8:4-6) In this context God is seen not as the one... | |
 | J. Philip Wogaman - Religion - 1993 - 356 pages
...practices of those "who trample upon the needy, and bring the poor of the land to an end . . . [who] buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals" (Amos 8:4, 6). Micah, in the same vein, condemns those who "covet fields, and seize them;... | |
 | Jimmie Lynn Reeves, Richard Campbell - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1994 - 348 pages
...that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy the poor for silver, and...pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.32 The... | |
 | Neal Riemer - Religion - 1996 - 266 pages
...we may set forth corn? Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And falsifying the balances of deceit; That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the refuse of the corn. (Amos 8:4—6) "orthodox." They observe the festival of the new moon,... | |
 | Moses L. Pava - Business & Economics - 1997 - 224 pages
...we may set forth corn, Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances of deceit? That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the refuse of the corn. An authentic Jewish business ethics cannot ignore these texts. To... | |
 | Jeffrey Siker - Religion - 1996 - 305 pages
...attacks those "who trample upon the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, . . . [and who] buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals." 16 Similarly, Ruether makes significant use of Isa. 61:1-2 and its New Testament citation... | |
 | Karl Gerlach - Easter - 1998 - 460 pages
..."who lie on beds of ivory, and lounge on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock" (Am 6.4), who buy "the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals" (Am 8.6)? Found only a few verses away is the prophecy about the day of the Lord, whose eclipsed... | |
 | David Bentley - God - 1999 - 134 pages
......that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great, and deal deceitfully with false balances; that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. (Amos 8:5,6) "A just balance and scale are the Lord's," says Proverbs 16:11. Another proverb... | |
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